Easytrieve Report Generator: Message IEC020I 001-3

Products

• Easytrieve Report Generator

Issue/Introduction

Job abended in a Easytieve step resulting in IEC020I 001-3. What may be a resolution for this?

Environment

Easytrieve Plus Report Generator, release 6.4

Resolution

An IEC0201 abend can occur for an Easytrieve program when the FILE statement is trying to automatically open a file which is empty.
The recommendation is to change the job to handle the empty condition based on the program's logic.